5.4

CVE-2020-2161: jenkins project jenkins Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-g8pg-qrvm-wgh2BIT-jenkins-2020-2161
Published 25-03-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-2161 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in jenkins project jenkins. EPSS estimates a 1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHBA-2020:2435RHBA-2020:2444RHBA-2020:2477

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Jenkins 2.227 and earlier, LTS 2.204.5 and earlier does not properly escape node labels that are shown in the form validation for label expressions on job configuration pages, resulting in a stored XSS vulnerability exploitable by users able to define node labels.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.24% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Jenkins1 product
Jenkins project1 product
  • jenkins≥ unspecified, ≤ 2.227 | ≥ unspecified, ≤ LTS 2.204.5
Org.jenkins-ci.main1 product
  • jenkins-core< 2.228 | ≥ 2.204.6, < 2.228

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links